Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats Original Publication Date: 2024-07-04 15:31 The Alpha rocket lifted off from a foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:04 a.m. Eastern July 4. The rocket started deploying its payload of eight cubesats about 35 minutes after the ...

Firefly to continue responsive launch operations for future Alpha missions Original Publication Date: 2024-02-02 20:35 Firefly Aerospace plans to make responsive launch operations the norm for upcoming launches. Firefly launched the Victus Nox mission for the U.S. Space Force Sept. 14 ...

Regulatory uncertainty as commercial human spaceflight takes off Original Publication Date: 2023-07-05 09:00 Virgin Galactic conducted its first commercial flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle June 29. Blue Origin started flying paying customers on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2021. Both ...